Author: Lloyd Lofthouse
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Holding Parents Accountable When Their Children Kill
Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
This very important story appeared in the Washington Post. She had seen her grandson’s red, spiral-bound notebook before that night, but now, as Catherine O’Connor sifted through its pages for the first time, what she read astonished her. “School Shootings,” Joshua O’Connor had titled the first page, above… -
Capital & Main: The Story of an Unlikely Alliance
Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
In this article, Marcus Baram of Capital & Main describes a surprising alliance between a veteran labor organizer and his chief nemesis, a man who was a master of union-busting. He begins: They were certainly an odd couple, the unlikeliest of allies: the union organizer and the notorious union… -
Rittenhouse Benefitted from a Well-Funded Defense Team
Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
We have had some animated discussion on this blog about whether the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse was “fair,” since he walks away a free man despite murdering two men and maiming a third. Paul Butler, a law professor at Georgetown University and a contributing columnist to the Washington… -
Harold Meyerson: Manchin and Simena are not “Moderates”
Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
Harold Meyerson, one of my favorite commentators on current events, says that we should stop calling Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema “moderates.” How can one man and one woman block every proposal that would help improve the lives of millions of Americans, including their constituents? Nor should we… -
“Never for Glory,” a work in progress, the sequel to “The Patriot Oath”
Never for Glory is the unfinished sequel of The Patriot Oath. With 25 completed chapters, there are about 10 to 15 left to finish the first draft. The first five chapters have already been presented to two of the four critique groups I belong to. One of the two groups has heard all of The […]
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Don’t Gamble with your Life or Health
During a regular video conference last Wednesday morning, one of the six that showed up that morning said that being vaccinated didn’t end up offering as much protection as those who were infected by COVID. He said that people that were infected by the virus had 17 times more antibodies than people that were vaccinated. […]
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Denis Smith: If We Lose Public Schools, We Lose Our Democracy
Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
Denis Smith worked for many years in the Ohio State Department of Education, finishing his career in the Office of Charter Schools. He writes in the Ohio Capital Journal about the existential threat posed to our democracy and our society by the privatization of public schools. His advice:… -
The End of the Forever War, leaving Afghanistan in 2021
I’m a former U.S. Marine and was sent to Vietnam in late 1965. I returned home to the states in December 1966. At the end of the Vietnam War, according to History.com, about 7,000 people were evacuated by helicopter from various points in Saigon. And “Inside the South Vietnamese capital, U.S. ambassador Graham Martin rebuffed repeated […]
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George Washington Was First to Mandate Vaccinations
Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
To all those patriots out there who are “resisting” mandates for vaccines and masks, please read this. George Washington was not only “First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen,” he was also first to impose a vaccine mandate. A reader called… -
The Patriot Oath post I should have written 8 days ago.
On August 8, my latest novel, The Patriot Oath, was published and released. The e-book is still on sale for $0.99 until Monday, August 16, ends at midnight. The Patriot Oath’s launch is the best I have ever experienced. When My Splendid Concubine came out in December 2007, it only sold 221 copies its first […]
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